Shloka 52

Devanagari script

स्तुवन्तः स्तवयुक्ताभिववग्भि: कृष्णौ परंतपौ । जग्मुः स्वशिबिरायैव मुदा युक्ता महारथा:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | stuvantaḥ stavayuktābhir vāgbhiḥ kṛṣṇau parantapau | jagmuḥ svaśibirāyaiva mudā yuktā mahārathāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya disse: Regozijando-se com o êxito, os grandes guerreiros de carro retornaram ao seu próprio acampamento. Com palavras carregadas de louvor, exaltaram os dois “abrasadores de inimigos”—Kṛṣṇa e Arjuna—expressando gratidão e aprovação após o desfecho duramente conquistado daquele dia; e, no quadro mais amplo, ofereceram também felicitações ao rei justo Yudhiṣṭhira pela consecução do objetivo.

Word by Word

• स्तुवन्तः: praising
• स्तुवन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• स्तवयुक्ताभिः: with praise-filled (words/speeches)
• स्तवयुक्ताभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तवयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्री, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• वाग्भिः: by/with words
• वाग्भिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्री, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• कृष्णौ: the two Krishnas (Krishna and Arjuna)
• कृष्णौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, द्विवचन

• परंतपौ: the foe-scorchers
• परंतपौ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परंतप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, द्विवचन

• जग्मुः: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथम, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• स्वशिबिराय: to their own camp
• स्वशिबिराय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वशिबिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुं, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्री, तृतीया, एकवचन

• युक्ताः: endowed/filled (with)
• युक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from युज्)
• Form: क्त (भूतकृदन्त), पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṛṣṇa
• Arjuna
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pāṇḍava camp (śibira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid warfare, the text highlights ethical kingship and collective morale: success is acknowledged through gratitude and praise directed toward those who upheld the cause, reinforcing dharmic leadership (Yudhiṣṭhira) and the exemplary agency of Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna.

What is happening in the narrative?

After achieving their immediate objective on the battlefield, the leading warriors depart for their own camp, joyfully extolling Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna with laudatory speeches; in the surrounding narrative frame, they also congratulate King Yudhiṣṭhira on the fulfilled aim.